Necktie structures



June 5,1956 R. J. WOLUNS 2,748,395

NECKTIE STRUCTURES Filed NOV. 24, 1953 INVENTOR. mesa-r u. W01- wvs,

147" TOR/VEYJ United States Patent NECKTIE STRUCTURES Robert J. Woluns, Windsor, Conn. Application November 24, 1953, Serial No. 393,998 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-153) This invention relates to neckwear, and more particularly to an improved necktie structure.

' The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved necktie structure comprising simple components, which is attractive in appearance, and which may be-rapidly assembled in place by very simple manual operations.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved necktie structure involving inexpensive components, which is durable in construction, neat in appearance, adjustable as to length, and comfortable to wear.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an improved necktie structure according to the present invention in wearing position on a persons shirt.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary enlarged front elevational view showing the top portion of the improved necktie structure illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the structure shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a rear elevational view, similar to Figure 3, but showing the wire stay member of the necktie structure in elevated position.

Figure 5 is an enlarged cross sectional detail view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the improved necktie structure is designated generally at 11 and comprises a downwardly tapering, flattened, tubular body 12 covered With suitable fabric to simulate the knot of a necktie, the body 12 being of any suitable, relatively stiff material, such as plastic or the like on which is secured the aforesaid fabric covering. The top corner portions, shown at 13, 13, of said body are relatively widely separated and project obliquely outwardly and upwardly from opposite sides of the body to define wings which will extend a considerable distance beneath the collar tabs 14, 14 of a persons shirt, as illustrated in Figure l, and will be engageable against the neck band of the shirt.

Designated at 15 is a generally U-shaped stay member of wire material, the member 15 being inverted and being engageable on the opposite top edge portions of the body 12, said opposite top edge portions being suitably notched, as shown at 16, to receive the opposite loop elements 17, 17 of the stay member. As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the intermediate portion of the bight of the stay member is depressed downwardly, as shown at 18, so as to be substantially housed within the body 12 when the loops 17, 17 of the stay member are engaged in the notched portions 16 at the opposite ends of the top edge of the body 12.

As is clearly shown in Figure 3, the front wall portion 19 of the body 12 is of substantially greater height than the rear wall portion 20 of said body, whereby the intermediate portion 18 of the stay member 15 is readily accessible from the rear of the body 12 while at the same time being covered by the front wall 19 of said body.

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Resiliently secured to the ends of the respective side arms 21, 21 of the stay member 15 are the respective fabric engaging fastening members 22, 22. Each fastening member 22 comprises a wire coil provided with a depending sharpened spur element 23, said wire coil being integral with a straight wire element 24 which is formed at its upper end with a loop 25 slidably receiving the associated arm 21, as shown in Figure 5. The arm 21 is provided at its bottom end with a loop element 26 which slidably receives the wire piece 24. A coiled spring 27 surrounds the wire piece 24 and bears between the loop element 26 and a collar element 28 rigidly secured on the wire piece 24, whereby the spring 27 biases the wire piece 24 downwardly, relative to the associated arm 21, as is clearly shown in Figure 5.

Designated generally at 29 is the main necktie body, said necktie body having a relatively large front section 30 and a relatively short rear section 31, the main body 29 being looped over the depressed intermediate portion 18 of the stay member at 32, as shown in Figure 3. The main body 29 is formed of flexible material, such as fabric or the like, for example of fabric matching the fabric covering of the tubular body 12.

The rear member 31 of the main body 29 is provided with a female snap fastener element 33 which is selectively lockingly engageable with any one of a series of vertically spaced male snap fastener elements 34 secured to the rear surface of the front member 30 of main body 29. Thus, the length of the front member 30 may be adjusted to a desired amount and may be secured in adjusted position by engaging the female snap fastener element 33 with a selected male fastener element 34 after the main body 29 has been looped over the depressed intermediate portion 18 of the stay member and passed through the tubular body 20.

It will be understood that in assembling the necktie structure, the stay member 15 is first disposed on the tubular main body 12 with the loop portions 17, 17 of said stay member engaging in the notches 16 in the opposite ends of the top edge of tubular body 12, and then the main body 29 is engaged on the stay member in the manner shown in Figure 3, the short element 31 being first passed upwardly through the tubular body 12, and then over the intermeditae portion 18 of the stay member bight, and then downwardly through the tubular body 12. The depending element 31 may then be secured to the rear surface of the front element 30 of main body 29 by engaging the female snap fastener element 33 with a selected male snap fastener element 34 to provide the desired length of the front portion 30 of the main necktie body 29. The device may then be inserted under the collar tabs 14, 14 of the wearers shirt and into substantial engagement with the neck band of the shirt collar, the spurs 23, 23 being then engaged with the under surfaces of the collar tabs 14, 14 to fasten the necktie structure in wearing position.

While a specific embodiment of an improved necktie structure has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A necktie structure comprising a hollow tapering body having open upper and lower ends simulating a knot, corner portions carried by said body and projecting obliquely outwardly and upwardly from opposite sides of said body at the upper end thereof to define wings adapted to extend beneath the collar tabs of an associated shirt collar, each of said wings having a notch therein opening through the end thereof remote from said body, a gen- Li orally U-shaped stay member of wire material having a bight and side arms extending from opposite ends of the bight, said stay member having a looped portion formed at the juncture of each of said arms with saidrbight, each of said looped portions being received in one of said notches with said body being disposed between said arms, said arms adapted to have their free ends engaged to the fabric of the collar tab, a main necktie body extending through said hollow body and looped over said bight, said necktie body comprising a relatively wide front section and a relatively narrow rear section depending from said bar within said hollow body and through the open lower end of the hollow body.

2. A necktie structure comprising a hollow tapering body having open upper and lower ends simulating a knot, corner portions carried by said body and projecting obliquely outwardly and upwardly from opposite sides of said body at the upper end thereof to define wings adapted to extend beneath the collar tabs of an associated shirt collar, each of said wings having a notch therein opening through the end thereof remote from said body, a generally U-shaped stay member of wire material having a bight and side arms extending from opposite ends of the bight, said stay member having a looped portion formed at the juncture of each of said arms with said bight, each of said looped portions being received in one of said notches with said body being disposed between said arms, said arms adapted to have their free ends engaged to the fabric of the collar tab, 21 main necktie body extending through said hollow body and looped over said bight, said necktie body comprising a relatively wide front section and a relatively narrow rear section depending from said bar within said hollow body and through the open lower end of the hollow body, said narrow rear section having a lower end, a first fastener component on said lower end, and a row of vertically spaced second fastener components on said front section with which said first fastener components is selectively engageable.

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